English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Glossop

Major Settlement in the Parish of Glossop

Historical Forms

  • Glosop 1086 DB
  • Gloshop(e) 1285 For 1290 Ch 1402 Pat
  • Glotsop' 1219 Fees
  • Glossop(e) 1223 ClR 1245 Ch 1276 RH
  • Glosshop(e) 1285 For 1330 Ass

Etymology

'Glott's valley', v. hop 1 and cf. Glatting (PN Sx 120–1) for the same pers.n.